Structural spacing and the determination of habitat complexity: Examining the Bartholomew et al. (2000) index

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 248, Issue , 2003, Pages 293-295

  Bell, Susan S ^a   Brooks, Robert A ^a   Ellis, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat complexity; Inter structural space; Mangrove; Nearest neighbor; Prop root; Scale

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MANGROVE; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; SPACING;

HALOPHILA;

EID: 0037455758     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps248293     Document Type: Article

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